Raqqa District ( ar, منطقة مركز الرقة, Manṭiqat ar-Raqqah) is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

of the

Raqqa Governorate Raqqa Governorate ( ar, مُحافظة الرقة, Muḥāfaẓat ar-Raqqah) is one of the fourteen governorates of Syria. It is situated in the north of the country and covers an area of 19,618 km2. The capital is Raqqa. The Islamic State ...

in northern

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

. The

administrative centre An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...

is the city of

Raqqa Raqqa ( ar, ٱلرَّقَّة, ar-Raqqah, also and ) (Kurdish languages, Kurdish: Reqa/ ڕەقە) is a city in Syria on the northeast bank of the Euphrates River, about east of Aleppo. It is located east of the Tabqa Dam, Syria's largest dam. T ...

. At the 2004 census, the district had a population of 503,960.

Sub-districts

The district of Raqqa is divided into four subdistricts or nawāḥī (population as of 2004): *

Raqqa Subdistrict Raqqa Subdistrict or ar-Raqqah Nahiyah ( ar, ناحية الرقّة), a subdistrict of Raqqa District, is the central area of Raqqa Governorate (Syria), including the city of Raqqa and the nearby countryside north of the Euphrates. The subdistric ...

(ناحية الرقّة): population 338,773. *

Al-Sabkhah Subdistrict Al-Sabkhah Subdistrict or Al-Sabkhah Nahiyah ( ar, ناحية السبخة) is a Syrian Nahiyah (Subdistrict) located in Raqqa District in Raqqa Raqqa ( ar, ٱلرَّقَّة, ar-Raqqah, also and ) ( Kurdish: Reqa/ ڕەقە) is a city in Syria ...

(ناحية السبخة): population 48,106 *

Al-Karamah Subdistrict Al-Karamah Subdistrict or Al-Karamah Nahiyah ( ar, ناحية الكرامة) is a Syrian Nahiyah (Subdistrict) located in Raqqa District in Raqqa Raqqa ( ar, ٱلرَّقَّة, ar-Raqqah, also and ) ( Kurdish: Reqa/ ڕەقە) is a city in Syr ...

(ناحية الكرامة): population 74,429. *

Maadan Subdistrict Maadan Subdistrict or Maadan Nahiyah ( ar, ناحية معدان) is a Syrian Nahiyah (Subdistrict) located in Raqqa District in Raqqa Raqqa ( ar, ٱلرَّقَّة, ar-Raqqah, also and ) ( Kurdish: Reqa/ ڕەقە) is a city in Syria on the no ...

(ناحية معدان): population 42,652.

References

Districts of Raqqa Governorate {{RaqqaSY-geo-stub